Technical Architect - Funds & Fees

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Pictet Tech division specializes in designing and integrating cutting-edge software applications, including advanced portfolio management systems, sophisticated trading platforms, and comprehensive banking and corporate solutions.
As a key contributor to the Group’s strategic advancements, Pictet Tech division plays a vital role in driving transformative innovations that enhance our services and deliver exceptional value to our clients.

Attached to the Custody Services - Funds & Fees function, you will be responsible for managing, maintaining and upgrading the order management and securities transfers systems for funds, as well as the systems used for private equity documentation and billing.

Your role

• Ensuring that the best development and industrialisation practices and standards are applied, as defined by the market and by the Bank.


• Providing Level 3 support for applications developed by the team; taking rapid action to unblock production, reproduce incidents and coordinate the roll-out of fixes until issues are resolved.


• Ensuring the technical design ahead of implementations.


• Working with developers based in Geneva and Portugal to oversee code changes, audit sources and conduct initial post-roll-out testing.


• Coordinating with specialist teams to ensure that the product is built on a properly sized and configured infrastructure, and that peripheral technical components are correctly aligned.


• Adopting a DevOps mindset, in order to take a holistic approach to the development process and eliminate the silos between the development and operations teams.


• Providing application maintenance and upgrades for the solutions in the field, in cooperation with the product managers.


• Helping to develop code, both front-end and back-end.


• Writing and sharing information about technical specifications and liaising with the architecture team to help address the various product backlogs.


• Ensuring the evolution, operability and technical support for developments.

Your profile

• University degree(EPF or HES), or qualification deemed equivalent.


• At least five years' experience as a technical lead in IT.


• Several years’ experience in DevOps.


• Proficiency in development technologies (JDK17, SpringBoot or  SpringBatch), databases (Oracle or PostgreSQL), orchestrators and dependency management (K8s or Renovate), data flow management (Kafka or MQ), as well as monitoring and data analysis tools.


• Experience with modern continuous integration stacks (GIT and/or Bamboo).


• Analytical skills in the context of a complex IT architecture; rigour and ability to work independently.


• Good knowledge of Agile principles; ideally with experience in Scrum.


• Knowledge of fund order management systems; would be a real asset.


• Knowledge of banking operations and environment; would be an advantage.


• Very good knowledge of data architecture and integration.


• Ability to manage priorities.


• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills.


• Team spirit and ability to integrate into an entity that oversees a wide range of developments.


• Ability to work with teams in different locations.


• Good command of English and French (written and spoken).


• Must be resident in Switzerland or willing to relocate.

As the successful candidate, you will have in-depth technical knowledge in your field, and a focus on client satisfaction. This will enable you to meet the needs of business lines by putting forward pragmatic and reliable solutions. Your organisational and communication skills will be invaluable in enabling you to successfully complete the tasks assigned to you.

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We will not accept any CVs via agencies

Diversity & Inclusion

Pictet is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse environment. We respect all individuals and seek their inclusion in the workplace.